Azerbaijani freestyle wrestler Haji Aliyev met with the Indian athlete Bajrang Punia in the semifinals of the competition in the weight category up to 65 kg within the 2020 Summer Tokyo Olympics, AzVision.az reports on Aug.6.
Having easily won over his rival, Aliyev reached the final of the Olympics, thereby securing a silver medal.
In the 1/8 finals, the Azerbaijani athlete defeated the Senegalese Adama Diatta, and in the 1/4 finals he was stronger than the Kazakh wrestler Daulet Niyazbekov.
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